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...confront them. "Some people talk about the weather," my favorite poster at the time announced, and below silhouettes of Marx, Engels and Lenin, proudly proclaimed: "Not us." We therefore did little to create a convincing program, and we left to the liberal organizers of the mass demonstrations the tedious labor of welding alliances. We attended those demonstrations only under the condition that we could hitch on a Bobby Seale Brigade and spar with the police...
...despite any obstacles, the undergrads for the most part seem to have positive experiences. Senior Dan Chung is typical: "I thought that it would be very time consuming and tedious, and it was, but more importantly it was very, very rewarding...
...enjoyed dorm life immensely and found the company of so many interesting bright girls exhilarating. The girls from boarding school mostly found dorm life tedious and moved off-campus as soon as possible, some studiously ignoring the required dorm affiliation and meals. Most of those on and off-campus formed good friendships among themselves, tolerating the rules which did not seem particularly difficult--certainly not oppressive, except for the highly sophisticated. We signed in and out if we were out after 10 p.m. We acknowledged Cambridge street crime and did not walk around alone at night if at all possible...
...been on a very fast track ever since she went to Washington in 1979 as a new Congresswoman from Archie Bunker's district. Eager to work her way up from lowly assignments like the Post Office and Civil Service Committee, Ferraro uncomplainingly attended 8 a.m. meetings, took on tedious tasks and carefully cultivated the Democratic leadership. O'Neill became her champion. With his blessing she was elected secretary of the Democratic caucus, a job traditionally reserved for a woman. In her third term, O'Neill put her on the powerful House Budget Committee, bypassing more senior members...
...methods of treating sparsely covered scalps are based on a transplant technique developed in the 1950s: about 50 "plugs," each consisting of twelve to 15 hairs with follicles intact, are removed from the back of the head and implanted in the bald spots. But the process is tedious and expensive. Transplanting each plug costs $25, and three to four sessions may be necessary. Moreover, not everyone has enough hair to provide sufficient plugs...